From South Africa-
The call came at the triennial provincial synod of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
The three-day conference, which ended in Benoni yesterday, focused on several contentious issues, including the continuing psychological damage to both white and black South Africans by the "dehumanising" effects of the struggle against apartheid.
Participants came from Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho, Mozambique and Angola.
The conference resolved that the election of women as bishops needed to be addressed, with dioceses that had yet to ordain women as priests being encouraged to do so.
The resolution, proposed by Bishop Oswald Swartz of Kimberley and Kuruman, said it was ironic that women formed the majority of church members, yet were under-represented "in theological education, at every level in leadership and in representational roles".
Some dioceses still do not ordain women as priests, while no woman has yet been elected or appointed as a bishop.
More here-
http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article686953.ece/Call-for-more-women-priests
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